“I never prayed sincerely and earnestly about anything, but it came at some time; no matter how distant a day, somehow, in some shape, probably the least I would have devised, it came.” Adoniram Judson October 1811 – Boston, Massachusetts: When...
“I needed to be successful the way that I needed air; nothing was going to deny me. Telling me ‘You can’t do it’ only strengthened my resolve.” Franc D’Ambrosio 1979 – Bronx, New York: His mother was in the kitchen when 17-year-old Franc D’Ambrosio finally summoned...
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” J.K. Rowling December 26, 1996 – Potter’s Field Cemetery, New York City: On the day after Christmas, Liz Murray borrowed money for a cab ride to the small pauper’s cemetery. There was no money for a...
“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in a world they’ve been given than to explore their power to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. It’s a dare.” Muhammad Ali March...
“Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.” Denis Waitley July 1972 – Harvard University – Boston, Massachusetts: It was a sweltering mid-July day with the temperature...
“I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.” Langston Hughes March 2006 – Pickwick Lake – Florence, Alabama: Twenty-eight-year-old Clay Dyer made his pro fishing debut...